Title: Nigeria: African Fractals and Elections Post by: Nahee_Enterprises on May 15, 2007, 09:00:37 AM The following is only the first portion of an article found at this URL:
http://www.allafrica.com/stories/200705070333.html (http://www.allafrica.com/stories/200705070333.html) by Biko Agozino THE recent elections in Africa with a few exceptions confound political analysts and lay people alike in terms of why they are so chaotic compared to some elections in other parts of the world that appear more orderly. I believe that the explanation lies in what is known as African Fractals. Briefly, this is the finding that Africans prefer to design their social institutions and social relations in fractal patterns rather than the linear patterns which are preferred by Europeans. Title: Re: Nigeria: African Fractals and Elections Post by: lycium on May 15, 2007, 11:08:25 AM um... i dunno about "african" elections in general, but in south africa our political problems are very easily identified and well understood: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=nw20070515065948677C468338 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3012&art_id=qw114312762171B265 oh goodness, where to begin or end... i'll just leave this alone and let the obvious facts spring forth on their own ;) |